Re: [SWTBot-users] Automate creating test data

[Somesh S. <som...@gm...>]

You could use the concept of theories in junit 4 to crate multiple  
datasets for 1 test. But you would still need to create the dataset.

Jmock is another way of creating mock objects that you can pass around.

HTH.

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On Oct 27, 2008, at 3:36 AM, Hans Schwaebli <han...@ya...>  
wrote:

> For performing tests (manual or automated) one needs test data. How  
> can creation of test data be automated?
>
> I think it is possible to automate this by analysing the model with  
> its validation rules. This would save a lot of time.
>
> A little example: A business object Article which contains an  
> attribute "name" and the rule that the name must not be longer than  
> 40 characters. The automation could then create a Article with a  
> name containing 39 characters, one which contains an empty String  
> and one where name is NULL.
>
> Does someone know any tool for this, ideally free and open source?
>
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